Essays and Research Papers on European History

In five pages this paper examines how the story of England’s Industrial Revolution is retold in this novel by Neal Stephenson. Two sources are listed in the bibliography.

A 6 page paper that offers up an overview of the Battle of Waterloo involving Napoleon. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This is a 7 page paper that provides an overview of the life of Agrippina the Younger. A feminist perspective is emphasized. Bibliography lists 0 sources.

A 6 page research paper that argues that the main cause of the Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) was Italian imperialism as it relates to Italy's sense of identity. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of historical revisionism. The example of Columbus in particular is explored. Bibliography lists 1 source.

Using sources contemprary sources of 1793, this 3 page paper looks at the moos in Paris, including the rift between the Jacobins and the Girondins and the dissatisfaction at the ongoing social equality. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This 3 page paper considers how or why the use of Latin declined from the 12th century onwards in favor of the vernacular language and discusses the impact of that shift. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

A 3 page paper that looks at the Carolingian, Macedonia, and Islamic Renaissance periods. Bibliography lists sources.

This 9 page research paper offers an overview of Sasanian Empire history, a Persian empire established in the third century, and its main strengths, both social and culture, as well as militarily. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of Cook and Herzman's "The Medieval World View". Strengths and weaknesses of the text are exposed. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper which offers a general overview of the 1st Crusade. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This is a 7 page paper that provides an overview of social and economic developments from the 15th to 17th centuries. The Age of Exploration, as well as the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment are covered. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 10 page paper explores the many wrongs committed in the name of totalitarianism and the Roman Catholic Church. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 6 page paper traces the architectural evolution of the palace and its grounds and considers the role it played in the French Revolution and the fall of France. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses the relative contributions to history and contends that one had more long lasting impacts than the other. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 8 page paper analyzes the question of why Joan of Arc was such an effective military leader. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 3 page research paper provides an overview of the fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page essay draws on primary source documents to describe the debate that centered around the National Assembly establishing the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. Both sides of this debate are described and the writer discusses the central issues. Bibliography lists 3 sources, which are drawn from the same textbook.

This 7 page research paper offers an overview of this scholarly article by J.D. Fage, which reports on the question of whether slavery was indigenous to West Africa or whether it evolved from pressure on African leaders brought by Europeans. The writer analyzes and summaries the article and Fage's arguments, which maintain that slavery was ...

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of the Chronicle of the Abbey of St. Edmund's. Its value as a primary source of history is explored. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 6 page research paper offers an overview of the role of treaties and diplomacy in the Hittite Empire. The last half of the paper specifically examines the Aleppo Treaty. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

In five pages this paper considers the three-decade long fifteenth-century English conflict between the Lancastrians and the Yorkists in an examination of the reasons, motivations, and repercussions of the Wars of the Roses. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.

This 4 page essay/research paper defines colonialism and discusses the problem of differentiating it from imperialism. The writer offers an example of a positive effect from colonialism, but then focuses on negative effects suffered by Native Americans due to European settlement. The essay closes with a discussion of cross-cultural influences and how African Americans ...

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of the age of Imperialism. Various terms and concepts related to the age of Imperialism are explored. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses Gilgamesh in his role as king, and then contrasts him with Hammurabi. Bibliography lists 2 sources.